Meaning

6 senses
  1. Happening right away, instantly, with no delay.

    Computer users these days expect immediate results when they click on a link.

    sofortig

    неме́дленныйnemédlennyj

    нега́йнийnehájnyj, безпосере́днійbezposerédnij

  2. Very close; direct or adjacent.

    immediate family; immediate vicinity

    unmittelbar, immediat

    бли́зкийblízkij, ближа́йшийbližájšij, окре́стныйokréstnyj

    найбли́жчийnajblýžčyj, безпосере́днійbezposerédnij

    very close or connected in space or time

  3. Manifestly true; requiring no argument.

  4. Embedded as part of the instruction itself, rather than stored elsewhere (such as a register or memory location).

  5. Used to denote that a transmission is urgent.

    Bravo Three, this Bravo Six. Immediate! We are coming under fire from the north from an unknown enemy, over!

  6. An artillery fire mission modifier for two types of fire mission to denote an immediate need for fire: Immediate smoke, all guns involved must reload smoke and fire. Immediate suppression, all guns involved fire the rounds currently loaded and then switch to high explosive with impact fused (unless fuses are specified).

    Hotel Two-Niner, this is Bravo Six. Immediate suppression at grid November-Kilo four-five-three two-one-five. Danger Close. I authenticate Golf Echo, over.

Examples

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  1. The medicine had an immediate effect.

    Ліки подіяли миттєво.

    ruЛекарство подействовало немедленно.

    deDas Medikament hatte eine sofortige Wirkung.

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  2. I don't have plans for my immediate future.

    У мене немає планів на недалеке майбутнє.

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  3. Tom couldn't make an immediate decision.

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  4. We don't need an immediate reply.

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  5. I can't give you an immediate answer.

    ruЯ не могу дать вам немедленный ответ.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
without delay:
very close:
Русский
By meaning 2
without delay:
very close:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
without delay:
very close:

Origin

From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without

From Old French immediat (French immédiat), borrowed from Late Latin immediātus (“without in-between, moderation”), from Latin in + mediātus, perfect passive participle of mediō (“to halve, to be in the middle”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from medius (“middle”). By surface analysis, im- + mediate.

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Forms

more immediate, most immediate
Comparativemore immediate Lesson
Superlativemost immediate Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
happening right away:instantA2
very close:closeA1
manifestly true:self-evidentindubitable
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

13 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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